The promise of new arrivals comes as Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, warned Friday that a fall surge of COVID-19 cases could overwhelm the health-care system, including its supply of critical care beds and ventilators. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Feds begin hunt for ventilators as potential COVID surge looms Back to video“What we know based on what we learned from other countries and cities that had a devastating impact in that initial wave, if you exceeded that capacity the mortality goes up really, really high,” she said. Flu season and other respiratory infections common in the fall could put added pressure on the system if COVID-19 flares up in a big way. Tam said there were many lessons learned from the spring, when the government was ill-prepared and without enough protective equipment for health-care workers, and feared a massive surge of COVID-19 would overwhelm the health-care system.

Source: National Post August 15, 2020 10:05 UTC